With the titanic are lost the two heirs presumptive to downton abbey , the younger of whom had been due to marry lady mary , thereby keeping the whole inheritance question within the family .
Sue daniels , its sherry winemaker , said : " sherry is one of the best kept secrets in wine , and seeing it enjoyed by the downton abbey characters has obviously sparked our appetites for it it 's great to see it having a revival . "
On christmas day , millions of britons will gather around the television to watch " downton abbey " , a nostalgic soap opera set in the days of country houses and dignified butlers .
Itv was buoyed by a 20 % rise in revenue at its film studio , which produces " downton abbey " and " hell 's kitchen " . Its share price skipped to a five-year high .